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The biggest dissapointment this year bullpen-wise for me is Brandon League. Whatever happened to that '09 splitter? Otherwise, everything else has panned out about how you'd expect asides from the terrible performance in leveraged situations.
Really though, any bullpen trades are going to have a much smaller impact than you'd realize and chances are the cost won't be worth it. In an era where top prospects sometimes aren't even traded for #1-2 starters or 4+WAR position players, its just a really bad idea to give up one for a reliever.
If we're talking about shedding some medicore/fringe specs to get adequate relievers in the back end of the bullpen, then that would be a solid suggestion IMO.
If you were really desperate though, you could just add Michael Pineda to the bullpen. He has a skillset that will probably be immediately successful there, and you don't have to make a bad trade. Ultimately I think thats his destination anyways (I know I'm in the minority though on that).